The NFL Draft is upon us! I am attending a Buffalo Bills Draft Party in Santa Monica CA for a 9am draft and I am pumped!!!

Cannot wait to see how Marv Levy makes my hair gray after this draft!

Anyways...here are a few snippets of rumors surfacing..

Mel Kiper Jr stated it is 'very unlikely' the Lions will stand pat at #2 as teams fall all over themselves to draft Calvin Johnson.

profootballtalk.com reporting the Raiders made a 'lowball' offer to QB Brady Quinn...smokescreens? Who knows with the Raiders!!!Larry Johnson is being shopped around by the Kansas City Chiefs because LJ can opt out of his contact after the 2007 season..get this CRASHER...Buffalo is one of the teams interested

Lots of rumors about the Denver Broncos looking to make a HUGE jump up to either grab Ole Miss LB Patrick Willis or even get as high as #2 to draft Calvin Johnson.

Let the fun begin!

I'll be pissed if Old man Al takes Quinn. You guys know it's Quinn or bust IMO for the Dolphins. If that happens, we better move our asses up and get Russell.

Ill tell you what...I think the Dolphins can do just as well, sit pat and take a DT like Okoye from Louisville and grab QB Drew Stanton from Michigan State in Round 2, and keep their picks.

Just my opinion. Assuming Quinn is off the board.

If we don't get a QB in the first round, the logical pick has to be Levi Brown. We're paper thin on the o-line, and he could be a solid LT for years to come. I would actually be happy with that pick if we can't get Quinn or Russell. Okoye would make sense too because we have to get younger on the d-line, but the o-line is a joke right now and we haven't had a decent LT since Richmond Webb retired.

Heh, well i can't blame LJ there... he's probably STILL tired from the Herm treatment last year and he knows that guy murders running back!!!!

All i want is for the Lions to draft Johnson and sit back and enjoy the riot!!

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It would be smart of the Lions to trade down from #2 (if they don't take Quinn), since PR-wise they just can't take another WR and they have so many other needs as it is - but when have the Lions ever done anything smart?

Someone brought up an interesting point on Quinn, if the Browns don't take him at #3 that's a serious red flag considering Weis and Crennel are close friends, and Weis wouldn't sell him a bill of goods.

I'd be stunned if Herm rubber-stamped the trade of LJ, what would his offensive gameplan be without the star back? I agree with CRASHER though, if I'm LJ I look at how Herm overused Curtis out of the NFL a year or two too early and get the hell away from Herm ASAP.

Have no clue what the Jets will do, since I usually don't bother with the mock draft stuff until tomorrow or Friday but I'd think corner would have to be considered a need - Barrett's hurt and Miller hasn't exactly panned out anywhere except on returns. Offensively they're actually pretty well set now that they have Jones, but they could use a #3 WR and another O-lineman or two (not a big Moore or Clement fan).

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Heh, well i can't blame LJ there... he's probably STILL tired from the Herm treatment last year and he knows that guy murders running back!!!!

All i want is for the Lions to draft Johnson and sit back and enjoy the riot!!

Weiss said the guy is a cross between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Now I'm sorry- as much as Weiss likes and respects the kid, he doesn't have to say THAT if he didn't think it was true, and Weiss is one of the best offensive minds in all of football. I'll take my chances. If a guy with Weiss' pedigree calls a QB a cross between Manning and Brady, I want that QB on my team. And I've seen him play enough- he's the real deal.

It would be smart of the Lions to trade down from #2 (if they don't take Quinn), since PR-wise they just can't take another WR and they have so many other needs as it is - but when have the Lions ever done anything smart?

Someone brought up an interesting point on Quinn, if the Browns don't take him at #3 that's a serious red flag considering Weis and Crennel are close friends, and Weis wouldn't sell him a bill of goods.I'd be stunned if Herm rubber-stamped the trade of LJ, what would his offensive gameplan be without the star back? I agree with CRASHER though, if I'm LJ I look at how Herm overused Curtis out of the NFL a year or two too early and get the hell away from Herm ASAP.

Have no clue what the Jets will do, since I usually don't bother with the mock draft stuff until tomorrow or Friday but I'd think corner would have to be considered a need - Barrett's hurt and Miller hasn't exactly panned out anywhere except on returns. Offensively they're actually pretty well set now that they have Jones, but they could use a #3 WR and another O-lineman or two (not a big Moore or Clement fan).

Not neccassarily. Crennel and Savage are under enormous pressure to win now. Drafting a QB that may take some time to develop is not the mark of a personnel department that is under enormous scrutiny from their entire city and ownership to start winning immediately. Crennel and Savage are both gone if the Browns don't make the playoffs this year, or AT LEAST show measurable progress to where they are legitimately competitive. I'm banking on Cleveland going for the immediate impact guy- Adrian Peterson.

Not neccassarily. Crennel and Savage are under enormous pressure to win now. Drafting a QB that may take some time to develop is not the mark of a personnel department that is under enormous scrutiny from their entire city and ownership to start winning immediately. Crennel and Savage are both gone if the Browns don't make the playoffs this year, or AT LEAST show measurable progress to where they are legitimately competitive. I'm banking on Cleveland going for the immediate impact guy- Adrian Peterson.

Well you've obviously thought this out since you'd like Quinn While I agree they're under pressure to win now there's also going to be pressure to take a local kid who went to Notre Dame and is hyped up as a franchise QB when honestly they don't have much at the QB position to begin with, not even a vet who could hold the fort. Plus aren't there problems between Crennel and Savage? I've heard it's pretty nasty, almost to the level of Marty and AJ Smith. Maybe that's your best bet for the Browns not taking Quinn, if Crennel wants him and gets overruled by his boss.

BTW there's a Bills draft party in California?! Unless Clown himself organized it I'm floored

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Well you've obviously thought this out since you'd like Quinn While I agree they're under pressure to win now there's also going to be pressure to take a local kid who went to Notre Dame and is hyped up as a franchise QB when honestly they don't have much at the QB position to begin with, not even a vet who could hold the fort. Plus aren't there problems between Crennel and Savage? I've heard it's pretty nasty, almost to the level of Marty and AJ Smith. Maybe that's your best bet for the Browns not taking Quinn, if Crennel wants him and gets overruled by his boss.BTW there's a Bills draft party in California?! Unless Clown himself organized it I'm floored

There are problems between those two. And from what I hear, Savage likes Peterson.

Weiss said the guy is a cross between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. Now I'm sorry- as much as Weiss likes and respects the kid, he doesn't have to say THAT if he didn't think it was true, and Weiss is one of the best offensive minds in all of football. I'll take my chances. If a guy with Weiss' pedigree calls a QB a cross between Manning and Brady, I want that QB on my team. And I've seen him play enough- he's the real deal.

I heard the same crap about Holtz's Golden Boy in Mirer too... though unlike that moron, at least Quinn won't need to be De-Holtzed who did more damage to his career then any coach could fix!!!

But each time you see Quinn in a big game you see the house of cards FOLD like a cheap tent.... I'd not be holding my breath on him as any kind of savior!

I do want the Cowboys to get Brian Leonard so I can get his jersey and get the Rutgers people off my ass about having a jersey for the games

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Pay homage to the INCREDIBLE scoring goalie!!!! :-)

I saw CRASHER trip a kid on skates and then he stole the kids lunch money and slapped his mom when she came to pick him up.. All because the kid looked at his crease

CRASHER's official list of high stick victims from this forum:gionta182, devilsfan26 .... WHO'S NEXT??

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2003-04 NJDevs.com winner of the Masterton Award for Dedication to the Devils(still proud of that one !)

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1. Raiders -JaMarcus Russell, LSU- He will not slip past the 2nd overall pick, so trade options are limited for the Raiders, they grab a much needed QB, of course, unless they want Calvin Johnson, then trades will be a possibility.

2. Lions- WR Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech- Best WR to come into the draft in a very, very long time. Lions could move Calvin to TB, but they simply cannot pass on this guy.

3. Browns- OT Joe Thomas, WSU- Browns are thrilled this talent OT is here. Quinn is a possibility, but they ultimately pass.

1. Raiders -JaMarcus Russell, LSU- He will not slip past the 2nd overall pick, so trade options are limited for the Raiders, they grab a much needed QB, of course, unless they want Calvin Johnson, then trades will be a possibility.

2. Lions- WR Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech- Best WR to come into the draft in a very, very long time. Lions could move Calvin to TB, but they simply cannot pass on this guy.

3. Browns- OT Joe Thomas, WSU- Browns are thrilled this talent OT is here. Quinn is a possibility, but they ultimately pass.

Neil Stratton, of Inside the League, reports that the Houston Texans, as rumored previously, will swap first-round draft picks with the Denver Broncos in this year's NFL Draft Friday, April 27, in exchange for Denver's second-round pick, No. 56 overall

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1. Raiders -JaMarcus Russell, LSU- He will not slip past the 2nd overall pick, so trade options are limited for the Raiders, they grab a much needed QB, of course, unless they want Calvin Johnson, then trades will be a possibility.

2. Lions- WR Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech- Best WR to come into the draft in a very, very long time. Lions could move Calvin to TB, but they simply cannot pass on this guy.

3. Browns- OT Joe Thomas, WSU- Browns are thrilled this talent OT is here. Quinn is a possibility, but they ultimately pass.